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LaCie Little Disk • Design by Sam Hecht User Manual Formatting and Partitioning page 14 3.2. Formatting for Mac Users 1. Connect the drive to the computer and wait for it to mount. 2. Select Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder menu bar. 3. In the Utilities folder, double-click Disk Utility. 4. The Disk Utility window will open. Select the volume labeled LaCie Hard Drive from the list of available hard disks on the left side of the window. To reformat for use with Windows and Mac: a. Select the Erase tab. b. Select MS-DOS File System (FAT 32) from the Volume Format menu. c. Enter a name for the drive of no more than 11 characters. Click Erase. Click Erase again. d. Continue to Step 5. 5. Select the Partition tab. 6. From the Volume Scheme: menu, choose the num- ber of partitions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS 10.x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 16 partitions). You can adjust the size of each partition using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area. 7. In the Volume Information section, enter a name for each volume (partition), choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, UNIX File System, or MS-DOS if you did step 5). 8. Once you have finalized the volume options, click Partition. Click Partition again when the alert message appears to continue. 9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use. CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the hard drive. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before performing these steps. If user manuals and utilities are deleted, you can download them from www.lacie.com. Fig. 3.2.2. Important Info: Please refer to section 3, Formatting and Partitioning, for a more detailed comparison of the various file system formats. Important Info: Apple recommends that unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS Extended format because it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users.

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LaCie Little Disk
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DESIGN BY SAM HECHT
User Manual
page ±´
Formatting and Partitioning
3.2. Formatting for Mac Users
Connect the drive to the computer and wait for it to
mount.
Select
Utilities
from the
Go
menu in the Finder
menu bar.
In the Utilities folder, double-click
Disk Utility
.
°e Disk Utility window will open. Select the volume
labeled
LaCie Hard Drive
from the list of available
hard disks on the left side of the window.
Select the
Partition
tab.
From the
Volume Scheme:
menu, choose the num-
ber of partitions you want to divide the drive into
(Mac OS 10.x gives you the option of dividing the
drive into at most 16 partitions). You can adjust the
size of each partition using the slide bar between the
partitions in the
Volume Scheme:
area.
In the
Volume Information
section, enter a name
for each volume (partition), choose the volume for-
mat (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, UNIX
File System, or MS-DOS if you did step 5).
Once you have finalized the volume options, click
Partition
. Click
Partition
again when the alert mes-
sage appears to continue.
Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk
according to your settings, and your drive will be
ready to use.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Fig. 3.2.2.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Please refer to section
3,
Formatting and Partitioning
, for a more detailed
comparison of the various file system formats.
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase ev-
erything from the hard drive. If you have informa-
tion that you want to protect or continue to use,
back up this information before performing these
steps. If
user manuals and utilities are deleted, you
can download them from
www.lacie.com.
To reformat for use with Windows and Mac:
Select the
Erase
tab.
Select
MS-DOS File System
(FAT 32) from
the
Volume Format
menu.
Enter a name for the drive of no more than 11
characters. Click
Erase
. Click
Erase
again.
Continue to Step 5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Apple recommends that
unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX
File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS
Extended format because it provides a more famil-
iar experience to Macintosh users.